GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Former Kendall College of Art and Design President David Rosen's resignation letter indicates he wanted to step down and join the school's faculty in June.

Instead, he walked out the school's doors on April 11 with no right of return and $100,000 in separation pay, according to documents released to The Grand Rapids Press/MLive.com in a public records request.

Rosen’s resignation letter shows that on March 26, Rosen told Ferris State University President David Eisler that he wished to step down as president on June 2 and “return to the ranks of the faculty at Kendall.” Kendall is part of Ferris.

On Thursday, April 10 – nearly two months before his intended resignation date – Rosen abruptly announced he was stepping down as president. He has not spoken publicly about why he resigned.